Career Rehab

Kanika Tolver

Description

Ditch the Job for the Dream

If you don't love what you do, then it's time to re-think your daily grind and renovate your career. It's time for Career Rehab. This book has the tools you need to go from the job you're in to the career—and the life—you want. Professional career and life coach Kanika Tolver helps you strip away the fear and doubt holding you back from living your best life and get down to the "good bones" of your resume so you can build your dream career. Tolver outlines simple yet innovative ways to brand, market, and sell yourself into jobs that promote work-life balance, fair compensation, and continuous career development. You'll learn how to:

• Brand yourself like a product
• Fearlessly, but softly, resign from a job
• Identify the right career path for yourself
• Enhance your professional happiness
• Leverage your personal passions and purpose in life

This collection of research, success stories, interviews, and case studies will give you a better understanding of how you can find professional and personal bliss. The time is NOW to build your personal brand, network like a hustler, and get the pay you deserve.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• Recherche d'emploi
• Recherche d'emploi
• Recherche d'emploi
• Job Hunting
• Careers
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Economics
• Business
• Gestion de carrière

Informations

• Publié par: Entrepreneur Press
• Date de parution: 21 janvier 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• EAN13: 9781613084120
• Langue: English

Extrait

Career Rehab is the guide I needed in the workplace. This book will help you challenge your fears and step up to your career dreams. You owe it to yourself to pursue a career that meets your needs.
— M INDA H ARTS , CEO OF T HE M EMO , LLC AND AUTHOR OF T HE M EMO: W HAT W OMEN OF C OLOR N EED TO K NOW TO S ECURE A S EAT AT THE T ABLE
Choosing a career is not a one-time event, but continuous as you learn what you enjoy and unlearn what’s holding you back from getting there. Much of what helps us succeed in our career can end up limiting our ability to adapt in the future. Kanika understands this and has developed the mindset, methods, and models to help you break free of what’s holding you back to achieve whatever you aim for.
—B ARRY O’R EILLY, FOUNDER OF E XEC C AMP, BUSINESS ADVISOR, AND AUTHOR OF U NLEARN AND L EAN E NTERPRISE
We all dream about the perfect job or the perfect career, but there can be all sorts of obstacles that get in the way of our finding it. And when we do find it, we may be surprised that we’re afraid to take the leap. In her powerful book Career Rehab , Kanika Tolver provides you with all the tools you need to not just find the career of your dreams, but to confidently embrace it. With Kanika as your guide and mentor, you can do it!
— P ETER E CONOMY , T HE L EADERSHIP G UY
When you are ready to take your career to the next level, Career Rehab is the resource guide for you. It is a guidebook full of great resources to shift your career to the next level. Elevate yourself and your career by investing in Career Rehab!
— A RQUELLA H ARGROVE , CEO, E PIC C OLLABORATIVE A DVISORS
Kanika Tolver has written an extraordinary guide to professional development. Read her book and learn the best ways to create the dream career you have always desired.
— C OURTENEY V ICTORIA C RAWLEY- D YSON , CEO AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER , T HE K AIROS G RAPHICS D ESIGNS
Many of us have caught ourselves drifting off mentally and fantasizing about “what might have been” in our careers and in our lives. Kanika is one of those unique people who can inspire you to stop daydreaming and start planning how to reinvent yourself. Her book offers practical ways to channel your life experience and career history into something new and better. Think of this book as a way to get virtual coaching from a professional who specializes in helping people improve their earning potential AND their quality of life. Pick up these pages packed with encouragement and insight if you want to stop dreaming and start realizing your next career shift.
— B OBBY A LLEN, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , C LOUD G ENERA
In a hectic, competitive career environment, sustainable success requires targeted strategy and actionable advice. Career Rehab provides the tools to create a thriving work life that fuels a rewarding personal life.
— D ALAN V ANTERPOOL , CEO AND EXECUTIVE CAREER COACH , DV G LOBAL G ROUP
This book helped me realize my potential to go after my dreams relentlessly while transitioning from a banker to an engineer in the tech industry. Career Rehab also helped me create a personal brand that has opened up new doors for me.
— B ROADUS P ALMER, FOUNDER , L EVEL U P W ITH B ROADUS
Sometimes rejuvenating a career requires a new perspective. In this book, Kanika Tolver presents a different angle on figuring out what to do next. The advice is clear, actionable, and inspiring.
— J EFF G OTHELF, CO-FOUNDER , S ENSE & R ESPOND P RESS
Career Rehab is definitely a game changer. The career storytelling is so transparent and Kanika’s advice is so easy to execute. If you are ready for a career change, this book is for you!
— L AURENCE B RADFORD, FOUNDER , L EARN TO C ODE W ITH M E
In today’s market, building a career with longevity means being strategic. Kanika Tolver’s Career Rehab can help anyone, regardless of the current status of their career, create an authentic career branding strategy allowing for personal growth and career longevity.
— B RANDI S UTTLES, FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS PROFESSIONAL
It’s my belief that successful career professionals will be able to confidently navigate the ever-changing workplace by positioning themselves as both a continuous learner and subject matter expert (SME) in their desired field of expertise. You either brand or be branded! Career Rehab by respected author and career architect Kanika Tolver offers a blueprint for creating a successful career that will position you for unrivaled success today and in the future.
— K ENNETH L. J OHNSON, PRESIDENT , E AST C OAST E XECUTIVES
CAREER REHAB
rebuild your personal brand and rethink the way you work
kanika tolver
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Dedication
GOD without you I am nothing. Thank you for loving me.
To my husband Byron Tolver and parents Kelly and Alton Harris; I thank God for your support and love. Special thank you to my late grandmother Juanita Brown for teaching me how to lead and serve others.
To all of the book contributors and my career coaching clients, whom I thank for working with me on this book project. I hope we can continue to teach the world how to rehab careers.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Dr. Patti Fletcher
INTRODUCTION
Are You Satisfied?
Employees Who Need Career Rehab
What to Expect in This Book
CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS CAREER REHAB?
Rehab YOU
The Diagnosis
Reposition Yourself
The Rehab YOU Career Blueprint
Be a Brand, Not an Employee
Build Your Brand by “Dating” Jobs
Market Yourself Like an Ad
Be You, Sell You
Network Like a Hustler
Get Paid Now: Money, Power, and Respect
Break Up with Jobs: Fearless Resignations
Don’t Overcommit to Work
Commutes Worth the Coins
Life After Retirement
Divorce the Job for the Dream
Stay Focused on YOU
Meet Malcolm Thomas
CHAPTER 2
CAREER REHAB: THE DIAGNOSIS
Diagnose Yourself
The Rehab YOU Evaluation
Career Rehab Paths
Keep an Open Mind
Rehab YOU Checklist
Meet Courteney Crawley-Dyson
CHAPTER 3
REPOSITION YOURSELF
Rethink Stress
Flip the Stress Script
Stop Being Career SAD
Meet Najeema Davis Washington
Meet Karen Millsap
CHAPTER 4
THE REHAB YOU CAREER BLUEPRINT
Career Path
Career Location
Career Salary
Career Dimensions
Career Spaces and Rooms
Career Appliances
Career Builders
Meet Jeff Gothelf
CHAPTER 5
BE A BRAND, NOT AN EMPLOYEE
Identify Your Brand
Let Go of the Employee Mindset
Build You, Being You
Adopt Celebrity Branding
Small Things Build Your Brand
Meet Peter Economy
CHAPTER 6
BUILD YOUR BRAND BY “DATING” JOBS
What Does It Mean to Date Jobs?
Speed Dating Jobs
Dating Jobs Duration Model
Benefits in Dating Jobs
Meet Max Orelus
CHAPTER 7
MARKET YOURSELF LIKE AN AD
The Rehab YOU Pre-Marketing Checklist
The Rehab YOU Marketing Plan
Meet Crystal Chisholm
CHAPTER 8
BE YOU, SELL YOU
Preparing for Showtime: The Job Interview
Sell the Resume You or the Real You
Other Types of Stages for Job Interview “Showtime”
Follow Up to Seal the Deal
Meet Minda Harts
CHAPTER 9
NETWORK LIKE A HUSTLER
What Is a Hustler?
Networking Mistakes New Hustlers Make
Network with Those You Know First
Hustlers Network Online
Hustlers Network in Person
Network Like an Introvert
Network Like an Extrovert
Networkers Run the World
Meet Darrell E. Dreher
CHAPTER 10
GET PAID NOW: MONEY, POWER, AND RESPECT
Street Credibility vs. Corporate Credibility
Money: Know Your Worth
Power: Career Control
Respect: Demand It
Meet Arquella Hargrove
CHAPTER 11
BREAK UP WITH JOBS: FEARLESS RESIGNATIONS
Why Career Breakups Happen
Fearlessly But Softly Resign from a Job
Sending Out Your Breakup (Resignation) Letter
When Job Breakups Go Bad
Best Practices to Close Out Your Career Relationship
Meet Armand Hodge
CHAPTER 12
DON’T OVERCOMMIT TO WORK
Set the Career Relationship Pace
How to Start a New Career Relationship
Balance Work and Life
Work Faster with Technology
Put Yourself First
Meet Shamira Redd
CHAPTER 13
COMMUTES WORTH THE COINS
Find Jobs Near Home
High-Paying Remote Jobs
Meet Monica Newman
CHAPTER 14
LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT
Prepare for Life After Retirement
Five Ways to Land a New Job in Retirement
Meet Kelly Harris
CHAPTER 15
DIVORCE THE JOB FOR THE DREAM
The Career Dropout Transition
Build Your Business While You Work
Turn Your Personal Brand into a Business
Hustlers Build Businesses
Networking When You Drop Out and Go Solo
Exit Strategy: Divorce the Job
Meet Mario Armstrong
CHAPTER 16
STAY FOCUSED ON YOU
Focus on Continuous Career Restoration
Don’t Neglect YOU
Unlearn Bad Career Habits
Meet Barry O’Reilly
Don’t Give Up on Your Dreams
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
FOREWORD
by Dr. Patti Fletcher founder of PSDNetwork, LLC, speaker, and author of Disrupters: Success Strategies from Women Who Break the Mold
W hat does the word “rehab” mean to you? It’s one of those words that can take on different pers